Buckle and the like.



W. G. RICHARDSON.

BUCKLE AND-THE LIKE.

APPLICATION 11,111) 111111: 6, 1911.

1,065,171, Patented June 17,1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GEORGE RICHARDSON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BUCKLE AND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAM GEORGERICHARDSON, a subject of the King of England. residing at 181 QueenVictoria street, London, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckles and the Like; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The present invention relates to strap buckles, and has for its purposeto provide a buckle constructed with means whereby the free end of thestrap is engaged by and securely held by a member attached to thesecured end of the strap, to the end that said strap is more rigidlyheld in its adjusted position.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel details of construction and combinations of parts more fullyhereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification in which like numerals designate like parts in all theviews z-Figure 1 is a top plan View of the device showing its manner ofapplication; and Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Referring to the construction in detail the buckle consists in anordinary metallic plate a having the necessary curvature, and providedwith three elongated perforations 7), c and (l, of which the perforationc has the metal struck therefrom bent downwardly into the form of agroove or loop 6. The loop member 0 is designed to receive the ring f,which has secured thereto the fixed end of the strap 9 and the free endof said strap 9 is designed to be laced through the perforations in thebuckle and between the ring f and the depressed portion 6, asillustrated in Fig. 2.

The ring f is provided with a plate .9 which has a bearing portion orshank t Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 6, 1911.

Patented June 17,1913. Serial No. 631,619.

pivotally connected at that portion of the ring f which lies within thedepressed plate portion 6. In this position the function of the plate 3is to engage with the strap portions which pass through the apertures band (Z, and in so doing do bind said strap portions more closely againstthe face of the buckle to the end of preventing the free end of thestrap from being drawn through the buckle, as will be understood.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention, and, therefore, I do not wish to be limited to suchfeatures except as may be required by the claim.

What I claim is A buckle for straps or the like comprising a sheet metalbody portion having two parallel slots and an integral and parallelelongated depressed portion therebetween, said depressed portion formingopenings in the plate at the respective ends of said depressed portion,and said slots and the depressed portion adapted to have lacedtherethrough the free end of the strap; a plate coextensive in lengthwith the length of the' depressed portion and overlying the same, saidplate provided with a shank fitting within the depressed portion; and alink engaging with the shank of the plate and passing through theopenings at the ends of the depressed plate portion, said link adaptedto have connected thereto the fixed end of the strap and thereby holdthe plate in contact with the immediately adjacent curved portions ofthe laced end of the strap to prevent said strap end from slipping,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM GEORGE RICHARDSON.

Witnesses GERTRUDE SPARSHOT, A. P. WRENN.

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